DISASTERS

1.Pollution 2.Deforestation 3.Global warming 4.Child Labour 5. Hunting

6.War 7.Drought 8.Flood 9.Hanger /Thirst 10.Disease

11.Vandalism 12.Greenhouse Effect 13.Tornado 14.Fire 15. Illiteracy

Match the problems with the definitions:

a. Not able to read or write.

b. A period when there is no rain.

c. Fighting between two or more countries.

d.Illness.

e. When something is burning and being damaged.

f. Feeling of not having anything to eat or drink.

g. Children work instead of going to school.

h. A situation in which most of the trees are cut off or destroyed.

i. The gradual warming of the Earth caused by pollution that stops heat from leaving the Earth’s
atmosphere.

.j. Killing animals for pleasure.

k. A general increase of the temperature of the world.

l. A great quantity of water caused by heavy rain.

m. The fact of damaging buildings, cars, public property… just for fun.

n. Small but very powerful twisting mass of air that causes a lot of damage.

o. Harmful effects on water, air or land of chemicals and waste from factories, cars…

Man-made disasters Natural disasters Both

NOW, IN PAIRS, WRITE A NEWS REPORT OF ONE OF THESE NATURAL
DISASTER ABOVE AND PERFORM IT AS IF YOU WERE A TV REPORTER FOR
BBC NEWS. PERFORME IN FRONT OF YOUR CLASS.

Good morning, here the latest news from………

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